Subj : A web-based sbbsctrl implementation
To   : GitLab note in main/sbbs
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Tue Sep 05 2023 10:55 am

https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/318#note_3894

Oh, I love it. It's one of the things I imagined was possible by adding the MQTT support.

I haven't tried this branch yet myself, but the screen shots and commit messages look very encouraging!

Just a couple of nits:

1. the name: I do think it's a "control panel" of sorts, but perhaps you can come up with a more apropos or unique name for it? gtkmonitor, for example, was Deuce's sbbsctrl-win32 work-alike for *nix, but didn't use the same project/app name. Some ideas for a name: "cpanel" (unoriginal, I know), "webmonitor", "webpanel"

2. web configuration - chicken and egg. If you use this web app to re-configure the web server in way that prevents it from operating correctly, you're then stuck, yeah? Maybe don't allow web server configuration (if you were planning to).

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